March 18 (Reuters) - A Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) flight
forced to abort a landing at Chicago Midway Airport on February
25 to narrowly avoid a collision with a business jet was less
than 200 feet behind it, the National Transportation Safety
Board said on Tuesday.
A FlexJet Challenger business jet entered the runway without
authorization, prompting the Southwest Boeing 737-800 to perform
a go-around, a maneuver in which the plane circled and
reapproached the landing. The Southwest ( LUV ) first officer saw the
business jet and realized it was not stopping, called for a
go-around and the captain executed it, the NTSB said.